Wildfires In Queensland

 Report on Risk and Mitigation

 

Note: This is an individual assessment. It concerns the same topic that you considered in the presentation. It builds on your past work, and should incorporate any new knowledge and ideas you gained during the course of the term.

 

For this assessment, you will be considering the potential impact that a similar event to your presentation topic would have on the state of Queensland. Note that while none of the historical events in Assessment 1 took place in Queensland, there are parts of the state that are vulnerable to a similar event.

 

You will prepare a short report (maximum 1,500 words) describing the relevance of the event to Queensland, the risks it would pose to the state, and how the perspective of the Sendai Framework could assist the state government in reducing the risks. Your report should discuss:

 

– The characteristics of a similar event which would pose a risk to the state’s population

 

– Which parts of the state or sub-populations would be most at risk from a similar event (eg. urban vs rural populations; specific demographics; geographical regions, etc)

 

– Social factors and characteristics which put either the state as a whole or specific sub-populations at particular risk from a similar event

 

– Suggested strategies for the government and other stakeholders to reduce risk and vulnerability to a similar event, with attention to the perspective of the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals and the factors they identify as relevant to social vulnerability

 

You may draw on your previous research on the event, such as you did for the first assessment, for the purposes of this report. Many of the issues and topics relevant to this report will be covered in the second half of the unit, and your study of those weeks’ content may be a good place to start. To support your arguments and suggestions, you should also search for additional literature and sources. For example, there is extensive information available about Queensland’s demographics, population distribution, and economic activity, which may be relevant to certain kinds of impacts.

This assessment is worth 60% of the overall grade. You must achieve a minimum score of 50% on this assessment to pass the subject (ie. 30 out of 60).